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Live reporting: Saginaw school board calls special meeting Wednesday

Saginaw School Board meets to decide restructuring of school district to save millions of dollars

The Saginaw Board of Education met at the Saginaw School District administration building, 550 Millard in Saginaw, Feb. 17, 2014, to consider a plan to restructure the school district.
(Jeff Schrier | Mlive.com file)

SAGINAW, MI — The Saginaw School District Board of Education has set a special meeting for Wednesday, March 12.

The 5:30 p.m. meeting is at the Administration Building, 550 Millard in Saginaw.

A meeting notice was released after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, and the reason for the meeting was not immediately available.

On Tuesday, March 11, the Michigan Department of Education approved the district's sweeping get-out-of-debt plan, which includes $7.7 million in cuts and $2.5 million in possible additional state funding.

The district will close three schools next year, reopen Arthur Eddy Academy and lay off 50 teachers in the next two years.

Saginaw School District went into debt in 2011. The administration and school board have worked since late January to submit a new deficit elimination plan to the state.

District officials also have been discussing the evaluation of Superintendent Carlton Jenkins.

The Saginaw News and MLive.com will live cover the meeting in the comments section below.

— Lindsay Knake covers education for MLive/The Saginaw News. Follow her on twitter or contact her at 989-372-2498 or lknake@mlive.com.